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Stroke (disambiguation)
Stroke can mean:
- In medicine, a cerebrovascular accident (or 'cerebral accident')
- A sunstroke
- In writing, a single line without any break such as stroke in graphics or Chinese characters, see stroke order.
- A single movement with a tool
- A single act of striking with a weapon
- In golf, a single act of striking at the ball with a club
- In rowing, the movement of an oar or paddle through water
- In a steam, Otto or Diesel piston engine, the total up or down distance moved by any one piston during its cycle
- A slang term for masturbation.
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